Hi everyone: As I drove through the park this morning, I saw a male Eastern (Rufous-sided) Towhee drinking from one of the puddles along the road near the Blue Heron/Marsh Boardwalk picnic area. There are hundreds of other birds drinking from the puddles (robins, waxwings, cardinals, starlings, sparrows), and they are very reluctant to move, so please slow down and give them lots of room! You can get very close with your car if you go slow.
On Monday (the 3rd), I watched an American Woodcock foraging about 10m east of the road between the Visitor's Centre and the Tip. While neither of these species is rare, it is really nice to see them come back after a long winter. Rhonda Donley Directions from the Friends of Point Pelee: Visitors to Point Pelee National Park should note that the bridge over the Sturgeon Creek from the Bevel Line Road to Point Pelee Drive is closed for repair until April 18, 2008. To access the Park go east on Seacliff Drive East from Erie Street South in Leamington. Continue east on Seacliff Drive past the Bevel Line turn-off to Concession Road 12. Turn Right on Concession 12 and join up with Point Pelee Drive at Paula's Restaurant. _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] For instructions to join or leave ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdssetup.php ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdsguide.php
